Five WTAMU Students Selected to Present Research at NCUR

CANYON, Texas—Five West Texas A&M University students have been accepted to present their research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) April 4-7 at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. They were selected as presenters from more than 4,000 submissions from across the country.

NCUR organizes the annual conference each spring to recognize and celebrate undergraduate research in all academic disciplines at all institutions of higher education. This year’s conference will follow the theme of “Connection to Place” to reflect the connection between universities and the communities they call home. WTAMU’s participation in the 2018 conference is facilitated by WTAMU’s Graduate School and Research.

The five students are listed with their research titles and faculty mentors.

• Jose Navarrete, a junior history major from Odessa—Bilingual Education and Its Spillover Effects in the Rio Grande Valley. Faculty mentor is Dr. Timothy Bowman, associate professor of history.

• Joshua Castro, a senior biology major from Lubbock—The Impact of Health Insurance Types on Survival Rates for Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients in the States of Texas and Oklahoma. Faculty Mentor is David Clark, instructor of accounting and health management.